Games they teach in our schools

Apeejay School

Where: BG Block

Games taught: Cricket, football, volleyball, carrom and chess. Badminton has been started from 2012. Yoga is compulsory for Classes VI to X and mini-tennis has been introduced for those up to Class V. This is indoor tennis that takes place in the school’s assembly hall. Students are taken to Salt Lake Swimming Pool in BF Block once a week and they also have a chess club in the school.

Sports calendar: The school has inter-house competitions for all the events that are taught and a grand sports day in winter. Thrice a week the school’s sports club teaches students games after school.

Is the school’s infrastructure such that a student can take part in the Olympics some day? No. They would need separate training.

Salt Lake Point School

Where: CD Block

Games taught: Cricket, football, volleyball, throwball, badminton, yoga. Karate is compulsory for students up to Class V.

Sports calendar:Inter-house cricket and football tournaments and annual sports day.

Is the school’s infrastructure such that a graduating student can represent Olympics someday? No.

Is the school’s infrastructure such that a student can go on to take part in Olympics? No. There is no full-time sports teacher now.

St. Francis Xavier School

Where: Purbachal

Games taught:Basketball, football, cricket, badminton and carrom. Karate is compulsory for Classes IV to IX and yoga for Classes I to V.

Sports calendar: Sports Day is held at the Sports Authority of India grounds every alternate year and inter-house tournaments take place every now and then. A chess tournament is on right now. The school’s annual fest hosts sporting events like rifle shooting, bowling and pool. These are played at Space Circle.

Is the school’s infrastructure such that a student can take part in the Olympics some day? No. They do not have a field. But they have a quality table tennis player.

Is the school’s infrastructure such that a student can take part in the Olympics some day? No. But the school is a power-house in basketball with strong represen-tations in both boys and girls district teams.

Is the school’s infrastructure such that a student can take part in the Olympics some day? No. But a Class XII student was in the top two in 800m and 1,500m races in the 2012 Bidhannagar sub-division sports meet.

Bidhannagar Govt. High School

Where: BD Block

Games taught: Athletics, basketball, badminton, gymnastics.

Is the school’s infrastructure such that a student can take part in the Olympics some day? No. The school has lost its playground with half of BD Park occupied by stalls for a market that never got shifted. Lack of government funds has held up construction of the basketball court. It used to be the east zone centre for SAI till 1994.

(The schools also participate in tournaments held by other schools and organisations.)